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SPECIES Petaurista leucogenys

Author:Temminck, 1827.
Citation:Monogr. Mamm., 1: 27.
Common Name:Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel
Type Locality:"...de foręts dans les provinces de Figo." Restricted by Kuroda (1938:50) to "Higo, Kiusiu" [Kyushu, Japan].
Distribution:Japan, except Hokkaido.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Formerly included xanthotis, see Corbet (1978c:86). McKenna (1962) and Corbet and Hill (1991:145) considered it distinct. Subspecies follow Corbet (1978c). Chromosomal variation studied by Oshida and Obara (1991, 1993). Specimens reported from Korea and Manchuria were purchased in markets (Jones and Johnson, 1965).
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SUBSPECIES leucogenys

SUBSPECIES hintoni

SUBSPECIES nikkonis

SUBSPECIES oreas

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